Well stated. The Europeans have been quick to criticize the United States; let them actually do something for a change.
"The Europeans have been quick to criticize the United States; let them actually do something for a change."
From the tone of some of the UK blogs I've lurked, plus some early polling I heard about, the initial outrage has pretty much faded into a hand-wringing session crossed with bleating about how the nasty neocon warmongers, led by the evil Bush, will now use this as an excuse to invade yet another peaceloving.....
I can only relate so much of that bilge before I worry about barfing on my keyboard.
The short and sweet(?) answer I'm getting is that the US will get to pull this iron out of the fire...AGAIN, that at the conclusion of the exercise, the US will catch general he** from all directions in hindsight...AGAIN and the UK, UE, UN et al will go merrily skipping off into the next little socialist workers' paradise sh**hole and expect to get bailed out mo' skosh, and please don't get mud on the carpet.
GRRRRRRRRR
Sometimes these buttheads make a prizewinning case for becoming a hermit.